the saga of thesis writing continues, summarized in a reblog...
- me: wow i have so much work to do
- me: --goes on tumblr--
- me: --watches a movie--
- me: --writes a novel--
- me: --teaches myself sitar--
- me: --climbs a mountain--
- me: --backpacks through europe--
- me: why am i not getting anything done
"The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people. As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don’t help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those that don’t increase you will eventually decrease you. "
(Source: iamjdakar, via allthingselegant)
davemakesmybrokorogodirkydirky:
WHY AM I LAUGHING SO HARD HELP
oh good god, i can’t stop laughing either… *gasps for air*
(Source: fuckyeahragetoons, via the-fashionstylist)
Just David Bowie dressed as Tilda Swinton, and Tilda Swinton dressed as David Bowie. No biggie.
Source: lost
Argument I heard on the bus
- Guy 1: no, niggah, gay bros can raise babies. Look at that warthog motherfucker and that ferret thing that raised Simba. And that niggah became king of motherfucking Africa.
"That is why it is so important to let certain things go.
To release them. To cut loose.
People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards;
sometimes we win and sometimes we lose.
Don’t expect to get anything back,
don’t expect recognition for your efforts,
don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood.
Complete the circle.
Not out of pride, inability or arrogance,
but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life.
Close the door,
change the record,
clean the house,
get rid of the dust.
Stop being who you were and become who you are.
"
(Source: quote-book, via thismodernlifestyle)
"What fascinates me are people who want to be one thing but who behave in a way contradictory to that. Who might say, ‘I want to be happy, but I keep doing things that make me unhappy. "
"You don’t know anyone at the party, so you don’t want to go. You don’t like cottage cheese, so you haven’t eaten it in years. This is your choice, of course, but don’t kid yourself: it’s also the flinch.
Your personality is not set in stone. You may think a morning coffee is the most enjoyable thing in the world, but it’s really just a habit. Thirty days without it, and you would be fine. You think you have a soul mate, but in fact you could have had any number of spouses. You would have evolved differently, but been just as happy.
You can change what you want about yourself at any time. You see yourself as someone who can’t write or play an instrument, who gives in to temptation or makes bad decisions, but that’s really not you. It’s not ingrained. It’s not your personality. Your personality is something else, something deeper than just preferences, and these details on the surface, you can change anytime you like.
If it is useful to do so, you must abandon your identity and start again. Sometimes, it’s the only way.
Set fire to your old self. It’s not needed here. It’s too busy shopping, gossiping about others, and watching days go by and asking why you haven’t gotten as far as you’d like. This old self will die and be forgotten by all but family, and replaced by someone who makes a difference.
Your new self is not like that. Your new self is the Great Chicago Fire—overwhelming, overpowering, and destroying everything that isn’t necessary.
"(via awellchangedwoman)
"
If all fails, take a glass, fill with gin, add ice, tonic and a wedge of lime.
Imbibe. Rinse. Repeat.
"(Source: ginmonkey.co.uk, via philo-sofia)
foozaboozapolloza 2011. i was the pylon to phil’s mad skillz.
ah, memories.
this was one of the best times - minigolfing at midnight in Galveston with the boys.
ah, memories.
